God invited me to ride with Him
In His non-stop Satisfaction-TrainBecause He knows that
My heart’s aspiration-flames are burningHigh, higher, highest,
Bright, brighter, brightest. ```A self-giving life
Is the perfection-smileOf a universal friend.
```My purity-mind
Is not even a half-step awayFrom God’s Heart-Door.
My oneness-heartIs always inside
God’s Heart-Room. ```I am sure that one day
The doctor-mind will be arrestedFor his illegal malpractice
By the faith-nourished police. ```God always likes
A charming but challenging joke.Do you not believe me?
Then just try one! ```God has written a best-seller.
Do you know what it is all about?It is all about
My heart’s aspiration-criesAnd my life’s dedication-smiles.
```Tell me,
Who has seenA mind-garden
Without any weeds? ```When hope makes friends
With patience,Hope will be able
To live indefinitely. ```Desire-storm has no respect
Even for my heart’sTallest aspiration-tree.
It just uproots everything. ```Because your mind
Is liberated from doubt-clouds,God is blessing your mind
With His Delight-flooded Sun. ```When we look at
A genuine God-lover,We clearly see
That his heart is synonymousWith boundless gratitude,
And his life is synonymousWith unconditional surrender.
```The proud mind boasts:
“O world,I have a top secret
To save you.”The humble heart whispers:
“O world,I have a top secret
To share with you.” ```Every morning
My heart reaffirmsIts willingness and faithfulness
To its Lord Beloved Supreme. ```When I told God
About my most dishearteningExperience in life,
He smiled at me and said:“My child,
My Heart is all concern for you.I shall see that
That particular experienceIs not repeated in you.”
```God is eagerly waiting
To show you His Compassion-Eye.Are you eagerly waiting
To show Him your gratitude-heart? ```If you can take
Your aspiration-heart-medicineEvery day,
You and your lifeWill not suffer
From dissatisfaction-nightmares. ```When your heart melts
Into God-gratitude-tears,You are ready to study
At God’s own University. ```Attachment shows its emptiness
And then gets readyFor its own perfect transformation.
```A seeker’s peace-dream
Has another name:A seeker’s God-manifestation
In God’s own Way. ```Sound-life
Is quite often mistakenFor manifestation-life.
No!God-manifestation
Is nothing other thanSelf-giving.
```May my aspiration blossom
Only in my heart’s gardenFor God to bless,
For God to caress,For God to utilise.
```Do not pursue
Earthly desire-dreams.Pursue only
Your heart’s aspiration-realities. ```He who has abiding cheerfulness
In his heartHas already covered
A very long distanceIn his spiritual life.
```If you can remain
Like a pure child,Untouched by world-temptation,
Then you will grow intoGod’s most perfect instrument
To manifest Him on earth. ```There is no fruit
On your aspiration-tree.Do you know why?
Because you are starvingThe faith-plant inside your heart.
```Alas, alas,
My mind-existence on earthHas been totally disfigured
By ruthless doubt-scars. ```I always keep my heart-key
Inside my soul-safeSo that I will use it only
To please my Lord Supreme. ```If your life is deficient
In dedication,Then how do you expect
God to multiplyYour heart’s aspiration-flames?
```Every day
Try to stretch your toleranceIn your body, vital, mind and heart.
Your inner and outer progressWill surprise you,
Far beyond your imagination. ```May my mind
Be a citadel of purity,So that my life
Can become a choice instrumentOf the Lord Supreme,
Him to manifestIn the heart of each human being.
```O my mind,
Don’t be a fool!Do not resist God’s Compassion-Eye.
You are bound to sink.O my heart,
I appreciate, admire and adoreYour ever-multiplying
God-willingness-receptivity. ```Life’s ignorance-monopoly
Is destroying human progress,And God’s Satisfaction-Smile
Is receding most speedily. ```True,
There are too manyChoices in life.
But make the right choice,The absolutely right choice:
Self-discovery. ```God does not mind
Even if you have serious flaws.But He does mind
If you do not have faithThat He can transform your flaws
Into His Perfection-Smiles. ```What is the difference
Between your self-giving heartAnd your God-living life?
No difference! ```God is always eager
To introduce youTo the world-audience.
But are you readyWith your receptivity
To have Him smileInside the depths of your heart?
```My sincerity-mind and purity-heart
Are bound to seek God,My Lord Supreme,
Here, there and everywhere,Throughout the length and breadth
Of the world. ```Man’s conscious problem:
He does not knowWhether God is pleased with him
Or not.But God tells him,
“Do the right thing,Feel the right thing.
Then you are bound to please Me.And the right thing
You definitely knowFrom the wrong thing!”
```My heart’s inner cry
No human being cared to hear.But my Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Cared for, blessed and caressedMy heart’s inner cry.
```Will not only my next action,
But any action in this mind of mine,Ever please You,
My Lord Supreme? ```When I tell myself
That I desperately need God,Only God,
Then He gives meA most powerful forward push
Towards my destination. ```The depression
Of our vital and mindHas only one way to go,
And that way is always downward. ```If you are not ready
When God calls you,He may wait for a short time.
But do not thinkThat He will indefinitely
Wait for you.No, He cannot, for He has
Infinitely more important things to doThan to wait for you
Indefinitely. ```My surrender-life,
According to my Beloved Supreme,Is worthy
Of His blessingful Applause. ```I have searched every corner
Of my mind-roomTo see if there is
A tiny peace-plant.Alas, there is none!
```Your purity-blossoming heart-smile
Is serving God and pleasing GodIn God’s creation
Of unconscious and unwilling minds. ```There can be
No lasting satisfactionWhen actions themselves
Are not perfect. ```When God sees a human being
Full of patience-light,He feels that His earth-creation
Will someday definitely becomeAbsolutely perfect.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
Will always lead you and guide youTo the Golden Shore of the Beyond.
Just follow itSincerely, devotedly,
Sleeplessly and breathlessly! ```My heart’s aspiration-sunrise
I have seen many, many times.But I have never seen
My life’s dedication-day.Alas,
Without my life’s dedication-day,How can I be an intimate member
Of God’s inner Family? ```God wants
Each and every human beingTo become a totally
Illumined and transformedSoul-star of his own life.
```May my heart,
May my life,May everything of mine
Become a never-endingGratitude-satisfaction.
```We all must start
With small things.It is inside the heart of the finite
That one dayThe Infinite will smile
Perfectly and satisfactorily. ```There are no real limitations.
Limitations we createTo enjoy ourselves
In a self-centred way. ```Simply because you were afraid
Of God the Justice-Light,God the Justice-Light
Could not approach you.Be not afraid
Of God the Justice-Light!He only does the right thing for you,
For your own perfection-satisfaction. ```Do what you can,
Do what you must!And then devotedly,
Most devotedly and soulfully,Leave the rest
To your Lord Beloved Supreme. ```My earthly duty
Is not my life-guiding mentor.My Heavenly duty
Is my oneness-fulfilling friend. ```I have two questioning eyes.
These two questioning eyesAre destroying my mind’s peace.
But I have one God-answering heart,Which is pleasing me
And immortalising my aspiration-life. ```No seeker
With a heart of sincerityIs ever destined to fail.
A sincerity-seeker is bound to winIn the battlefield of life.
```A self-controlled mind
Has the power to transformThe imperfection of the world
Far beyond what any human beingCan ever imagine.
```You will triumph
Only if you haveA heart of implicit faith
And a mind of bright clarity. ```Every morning
God whispers into my ear,“My child,
Reclaim your Source:Infinity’s Delight.”
```When we enter
Into the spiritual life,We consciously see
That in our heart-gardenEvery day
New opportunity-plantsAre growing.
```The divine in us
Always stands in betweenOur heart’s perfection-cry
And our life’s imperfection-tears.But why does the divine
Stand in between?To transform the human,
Which we have,Into the divine,
Which we are. ```You must ignore
Your ego’s loud voiceIf you want to become
A choice instrumentOf God’s Silence-Delight.
```When I see my aspiration’s
Appearance and disappearance,I feel that I am still far away
From my inner goal.But there shall come a time
When I shall onlyRun and run and run,
And never stopOn the way to my God-realisation.
```Worry, anxiety, insecurity:
You will never find meAlone again,
For I have made friendsWith my soul-power,
Which can fight against you allAnd bring me
Supreme victory’s crown. ```Anything that separates
Has to be discardedWithout any hesitation,
For hesitation ends in utter failure. ```I only have time to be
At the Feet of my Lord SupremeWith my heart’s gratitude-tears.
```Earthly pain,
I must take youAs a most significant teacher.
From you, many things I have learnt.And when I leave you,
I will carry from youWisdom-light in boundless measure.
```In God’s Eye
We are all progressing.Do you know why?
Because God, our Beloved Supreme,Never runs short of
Compassion-Encouragement. ```Each good thought,
Each illumining thought,Is undoubtedly a descendant
Of the cosmic gods. ```When conviction becomes mature,
It grows intoAdamantine faith.
```The mind’s purification
Is absolutely necessaryIf one longs for life-perfection.
```If you deliberately turn your back
On God,How do you expect God
To once more awaken youAnd bring you again
A spiritually normal life? ```O my mind,
Can you not seeThat insecurity-darkness
Has totally enveloped you?Is it not high time for you
To pierce the veilOf ignorance-insecurity
And become oneWith the vastness of oneness-joy?
```I will defy and defy
The failure-lifeEven until the last moment
Of my Heavenward journey. ```We all must learn
Sooner or laterThe art of making others
Divinely happy, supremely happy. ```God does not care if He has
Ten thousand friends or one friendOn earth,
As long as He has one particular friend,Whom He loves the most:
Our heart’s unconditional surrenderTo His Will supreme.
As long as He has this friend,He does not need other friends.
```It is a most difficult task,
But not an impossible task,To listen to one’s soul
And abide by the soul’sDivinely and supremely inspired dictates.
```Every day, every hour,
We must try to be attentiveTo our heart’s aspiration-needs,
For this is the only wayWe can please the Divine in us,
The Supreme in us. ```Is there anybody
Whom God does not want to becomeHis Masterpiece?
But to become God’s MasterpieceWe have to show Him
Our heart’s sleepless surrenderAnd our life’s constant
Eagerness-cry for Him. ```The unknown future can be
Our super-excellent friend,If we sail in the boat
Of our soul’s oneness-light. ```We have to make it a point
To clean out our mind-atticEvery morning
So that with our clarity-mindWe can see the beauty of truth
And feel the fragrance of satisfactionIn us.
```I have been attending courses
Given by my mind,And now I see I am engulfed
By confusion-night.What shall I do?
I must take a courseGiven by my heart,
And receive my illuminationFrom the heart-course.
```Unless and until you have developed
A true friendshipWith your own self,
You will not find a real friendAnywhere on earth.
```Every day
Consciously and forcefullyCast away the ignorance-garments
That you have put on yourselfOver the years.
```My heart’s gratitude-tears
Have built a beautiful nestFor my Lord Supreme,
And my Lord Supreme stays thereMost lovingly and most cheerfully.
```If you cry for the satisfaction
Of your desires,It is you who will feel miserable
At the end when they are fulfilled.But if you cry for the perfection
Of your aspiration,Then at every moment
Joy from the world unknownWill inundate you.
```Aspiration-hearts
Always runFaster than the fastest
Along the soul’s sunlit path. ```My Lord,
Only one desire I had,I still have
And I am sureI will always have:
Wherever You go,Take me along with You!
I am dying to accompany YouEverywhere.
```My Lord Supreme
Was so disgusted with meThat finally He had to ask me
To take Him seriouslyOnce and for all.
```Even if God
Is not popularIn your mind-country,
God is not going to leave.He will definitely stay
And eventually illumine your mind-country. ```I have received
An important messageFrom ignorance-night.
Ignorance-night has become frightenedOf my love of God
And has finally agreed not to return. ```God has given us
The freedom to choose.But alas,
We choose what we wantAnd not what we need.
```If we want to climb up
To our soul’s highest heights,Then at every moment we need
A cheerful and self-givingAspiration-life.
```When we mercilessly criticise others,
What do we actually do?We insult unconsciously,
Or even consciously,God the creation.
```Each Compassion-Tear
That falls from God’sVision-flooded Eye
Fights the human mindAnd feeds the human heart.
```God never stops telling us
To do the right thingAnd to become the right person,
No matter how disobedient we are. ```If seeing is believing,
Then at every momentKeep your heart’s eye
Wide openAnd see the divine reality
In everything. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 160, Agni Press, 1991
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